The Smashing Pumpkins will end its six-and-a-half year road hiatus on May 22. The veteran alternative-rock group will debut its new lineup and a series of new songs at the intimate Paris club Grand Rex. Tickets will go on sale April 11. This performance marks the Smashing Pumpkins’ first live date since December 2, 2000. 

 Longtime Smashing Pumpkins members Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin are currently finishing work on the Smashing Pumpkins sixth album, Zeitgeist, the group's first since 2000's Machina/The Machines of God and the free, digital-only release Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music.  The album is being produced by Corgan and Chamberlin, with additional production work from Roy Thomas Baker and Terry Date. Longtime Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha, bassist D'arcy Wretzky, and touring keyboardist Mike Garson are not expected to be part of the Smashing Pumpkins new lineup.

 After the Paris show, The Smashing Pumpkins will headline major European festivals from May 28 at Hollands Pinkpop festival through June 17 at Switzerlands Greenfield Festival, returning to England August 24 (Leeds Festival) and August 26 (Reading Festival).  Stay tuned for more information about North American tour dates beyond the V Festivals confirmed in Washington, DC (August 5) and Toronto, ONT (September 8).

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